Q) Is your book part of a series? If so, can you tell us about it?
It is! Sword is part of the Bones MC series published by Changeling Press. It’s a gritty, MC romance. There is lots of sex and a bit of violence, but it’s an action packed, hot read. The blurb is below:
Magenta: The day my mom took up with Black Reign was the worst day of my life. She became ol’ lady for their president. I became another whore for the club to push around. I fought them at every turn because death was preferable to living this life. Beaten, downtrodden, I was about to be given to yet another man. The scariest man I’d ever seen. He was intent on having me on his own turf, and I wasn’t sure I would survive.
Sword: The second I saw the slight young thing being beaten by that ogre of a man, something inside me I’d thought leashed broke free. A demon better left in check reared his head, and I knew she would be mine no matter what. I got her, but she came with bigger problems than I was prepared to deal with. Not that it mattered. I’m Bones MC. We don’t give up, and we protect our own. Even against The Devil himself…
***WARNING!*** Bones MC has no pussies. These men are rough around the edges and fight as hard as they love. You can expect violence -- some that may have triggers -- and smoking hot sex. If either is something you object to, you should pass. Otherwise, expect an HEA and a man who always satisfies his woman.
Q) How do you select the names of your characters?
With the Bones series, I combed through things like military call signs, biker names, movies and TV shows with similar themes and tried to pick names that were interesting and fit my characters. Pretty much anything that catches my eye from football players to unusual names I encounter in my day to day life I will write down to play with later. Sometimes I use a mixture of names. Other times, I just use what I find. I try to keep it unique if possible.
Q) What was the hardest (or easiest) scene to write?
Depends on how I feel. Sometimes, the sex just messes with my head. I mean, there is only so many ways to write “insert tab B in slot A.” Other times, the sex just flows like magic. Those are the times I go back and read it and think, “Holy shit! Did I write that? I think I got a wettie…” lol
Q) What type of research did you do for your book?
Locations in Florida, particularly Lake Worth and Palm Beach. I had to map out from there to Somerset Kentucky, both on the interstate and alternative routs avoiding the interstate. There was also the matter of biker lingo and what each rank meant. This is my third MC book and I still haven’t quite got it all. But I’m getting there. J I also had to research guns and ammunition. But I always have to when I write any kind of book that uses them. The drug traffic from Florida to Kentucky was another thing I had to research. Which is why I picked the location I did for both Salvation’s Bane MC and Black Reign MC.
Q) What do you think is your strongest asset as a writer? …what is your weakest factor as a writer?
I’m usually good with dialogue. Writing it. Making it flow naturally. There are always exceptions, but I always feel good about my dialogue. My sex scenes must be decent too because I will have the fewest corrections during edits in those scenes, though my editor can tell when I’m having a moment struggling to write them. Weakest would be my ability to add exposition and setting the scene. I feel like, sometimes, I need more, but just can’t make it fit. You know?
Q) Do you have a favorite book you’ve written?
Honestly, so far, Sword is my favorite of this series. I feel like that book represented me getting closer to understanding what the genre is about. Yes, I still have a long way to go, but it just felt... I don’t know. Better? There is also a book called Out of Time that I dearly love! It’s a time travel old west romance. An old west lawman meets a modern day law woman. She’s brash and foul mouthed. He’s a bit more reserved. It was so much fun to write!
Q) Do you write in a linear fashion or do you jump from scene to scene and then go back and “fill in the blanks”?
I’ve tried both. I do much better starting at the beginning and working to the end. My mind just doesn’t work any other way. I even have difficulty skipping the sex scenes to do later. I just can’t do it.
Q) Do you want each book to stand on its own, or are you trying to build a body of work with connections between each book?
In this world, I want both. I try to build interesting characters that appear in each book and hope I make them interesting enough for readers to want their stories. I also overlap clubs and members, hoping to build interest over time for those clubs to get their own stories. At the same time, I want readers to get a good experience reading them in any order. If one book is just not working for them, I want them to be able to read the next book without losing anything. Hopefully, no one will have that problem. J
Q) What are your upcoming projects?
I’m working on the forth book in Bones MC. Viper. I’m also hoping to get a self-published Christmas book out there, but I’m so far behind I can’t even laugh about it. Currently, though, Bones MC is completely occupying my writing life.
Magenta: The day my mom took up with Black Reign was the worst day of my life. She became ol’ lady for their president. I became another whore for the club to push around. I fought them at every turn because death was preferable to living this life. Beaten, downtrodden, I was about to be given to yet another man. The scariest man I’d ever seen. He was intent on having me on his own turf, and I wasn’t sure I would survive.
Sword: The second I saw the slight young thing being beaten by that ogre of a man, something inside me I’d thought leashed broke free. A demon better left in check reared his head, and I knew she would be mine no matter what. I got her, but she came with bigger problems than I was prepared to deal with. Not that it mattered. I’m Bones MC. We don’t give up, and we protect our own. Even against The Devil himself…
***WARNING!*** Bones MC has no pussies. These men are rough around the edges and fight as hard as they love. You can expect violence -- some that may have triggers -- and smoking hot sex. If either is something you object to, you should pass. Otherwise, expect an HEA and a man who always satisfies his woman.
EXCERPT:
She was in Sword’s arms. In a
ridiculously small bed. Fully clothed in his shirt and sweatpants. At some
point, she’d sprawled out on top of him, her hair tangling them together like
silk bindings. One of his big hands rubbed soothingly up and down her back in comfort.
That hand seemed to span the entire width of her back as he moved it over her
skin lazily.
Magenta remembered him sliding into
the bed with her, wrapping her up in his arms as they’d talked. Their
conversation spun through her mind like a carousel. Did she believe everything
he’d told her? She wanted to. Though she knew better, Magenta decided she’d
believe him until he misplaced her trust. Didn’t mean she’d do it blindly
though. Maybe she should lay it all out for him.
“You’re fine, girl,” he murmured
sleepily. “We got an hour before we need to get up.”
“You know, if you’re trying to make
me give up information on Black Reign, I’m more than happy to do it without you
making me empty promises. Just promise you won’t make me go back, and I’ll tell
you everything I know. That’s
the only promise I want or need.”
He sighed, as if disappointed. “I
just want another hour,” he grumbled. “Fine. Magenta, I promise I won’t make
you go back. Think I said that earlier. Now, go back to sleep. You can spill it
all later.”
“You’re kind of a grumpy bear when
you wake up, aren’t you?”
Again, he grunted, but tightened
his arms around her.
“What are you going to do? You left
a man in the clubhouse so you can’t just blaze.”
With an exasperated grunt, Sword
rolled them both, maneuvering so that he lay sprawled on top of her, his arms
still wrapped around her. He nuzzled her neck, his lips grazing her skin in a
soft caress. “Hush now. I need this last hour.” He didn’t stop moving his mouth
over her neck.
“Stop,” she whispered, even as she
lifted her chin and tilted her head to give him better access. What was wrong
with her? Was she going to let him take advantage of her? God, her body had
suddenly come alive! Shivers coursed through her, and she realized that, for
the first time in her life, she was welcoming a man’s touch.
“I will if you want,” Sword said,
even as he licked her flesh with one swipe of his flattened tongue. “Seems like
you don’t know what you want. You didn’t push me away. Instead, if I’m not
mistaken, your little nails are diggin’ into my back like you’re trying to hold
me to you.” He sounded drowsy. Sexy. Like he was her lover waking her for
morning sex.
“I -- I don’t know…”
“It’s OK,” he said between nips and
scrapes of his teeth. “I’m not gonna take too big a bite out of you. At least
not here or now.” He let his lips wander from her neck to her collarbone and
back, never venturing into forbidden territory but arousing her like she’d
never been before. “When we go to confront Black Reign, you’re staying here
with Trucker.”
“You’ll need every man you have,”
she breathed out, scarcely able to form a coherent thought beyond the fact that
she wanted to cradle his head and push him to her aching breasts. “Crow will
annihilate you if you don’t. In fact, call in help. He’s trying to lull you
into a false sense of security before he springs whatever trap he has ready.”
“I promise you, the four men we’re
takin’ into that clubhouse will be better equipped to deal with that entire
club than Crow will be to deal with the four of us. But, you’re right. We
called in reinforcements last night. There will be some friends of ours coming
to help. Should be here in a little over an hour.” He shifted his weight off
her just a little, just enough for her not to feel trapped. Then he laid his
head on her chest and kissed the swell of her breast. “So I’d like to get my…”
he raised his head to look back over his shoulder at the clock on the wall next
to them, “fifty-four minutes.”
“Yeah. So would me and Viper.”
“If you guys need to get a room,
you should have said something instead of staying out all fuckin’ night
ridin’.”
“You two shut the fuck up. I’m
determined to get my ‘fifty-four minutes’.”
“Fifty-three now, bro. Shut up your
own damned self.”
Magenta didn’t know what to think
or say. Lying with Sword like this was too intimate for strangers, but,
strangely, not uncomfortable. All kinds of things went through her mind. Like
if the others expected him to have sex with her right there. Did he expect
that? If she gave in and embraced the sensations he kindled, would he humiliate
her like Black Reign did? And what about Trucker? If everyone thought she’d
given in to Sword, would they expect her to service them as well?
“Just relax,” Sword whispered. “No
one is gonna hurt you.”
“You keep saying that.”
“You need to hear it.”
“Does me hearing it make it any
truer than if you never said it?”
There was a long silence, and
Magenta thought he’d dozed off. Then he lifted his face and kissed her throat,
blazing a hot trail to her lips where he lingered a moment before pushing off
her and getting to his feet. “I’ll wake you before we leave,” he whispered.
“Get some more sleep. It will be a long ride home.”
With that, he hopped up onto the
bunk above her. Immediately, Magenta felt his rejection like a brutal punch.
Realistically, she knew she couldn’t have it both ways. She either wanted his
touch or she didn’t. She was scared. Had voiced her reservations about how safe
she was with him. He’d responded with the only option open to him.
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